For the Life of us

Well there certainly has been enough going on to write for hours tonight. In short, on Friday 30th March, 2012 we welcomed our baby boy into our family and into the world. What a cutie he is (as every parent thinks, of course). He is such a gentle soul, even his cry is soft, not that he has done much of that aside from the odd bottom change that goes a bit too long for his liking. So we now have a family of 4! Abigail is of course besotted with her baby brother and to my delight is so gentle and 'big' with how she interacts with him. She kisses his head, stroked his hands and of course tells off anyone who may touch his head which she knows has a 'soft spot that gets owie'. I am very pleased that little Noah didn't take as long as his sister, only being three days overdue unlike Abby's 2 week wait. Unfortunately for mostly me, he had to come out rather quickly after what I thought was a longish labour of trying to do things naturally. Suddenly and with ...

Well there was a lot of talk about 2012 being the end of the world. It is most certainly not the end but rather the beginning of many new things in our life. Baby #2 is growing nicely and very welcome to make an appearance at any time now... seriously, anytime... And Gav has started a new job which add's to the list of changes in our home. Poor guy, up before me and Abby for that matter (and she get up early) to catch a bus into the City. He quite likes the time before work to read and relax on the bus, good on him, taking one for the team ;) I am happy to announce that after organising the annual Youth Camp at church, I am officially finished work. My days are now solely devoted to spending time with my darling little angel Abby and doing things at home that have been neglected for way too long (amazing just how much there is to do in our tiny little house). Momentus achievements in the de Wit house recently have included a big throw out or clean-out rather, of all our clot...

Well technically it is nearly Spring because September is just around the corner (even though we have had a blast of icy weather bringing snow to Auckland - yes snow to Auckland! How crazy is that?! Spring always drags with it a sense of change and new beginnings, however corny that statement might seem. There is just something wonderful about the sun starting to make longer appearances, slowly the jumpers and scarves make their way to the back of the cupboard and lovely flowers start to dot the scenery of life - it is just a lovely time of year. Not quite here yet, but coming (thank God! Not sure how much more of Winter I can handle). Life seems to be keeping in tune nicely to the season, changes is mostly every aspect of our lives at the moment. I do like change for the most part, especially good ones like we have had. Gav has now finished 3 years of study meaning he has found his way into a new job and now with the propsect of another one on the horizon. Our little baby Abigail ha...

I have no real reason for blogging today, except that I am frustrated by a story my aunt told me yesterday and I have run out of people to tell... I have come to the conclusion that we all live in our own little 'bubble worlds', some more than others. Hopefully being Christian, 'Christ-focused' & others-centered, our bubbles are bigger than ourselves. But it is sad when you hear stories of people who have made life more important than other people. It was actually a fairly comical order of events, sort of a comedy of errors which started with my aunty from Hamilton wantint to drop her CV in at a school in an unfamiliar area (Huapai - yup that's right, I'm naming and shaming). To cut a long, stressful drive's story short, the party of 4 (being my aunty who is not familiar with Auckland at all, my elderly grandad who saldy has dementia, my grandmother who tends to worry and is not all that familiar with Auckland either and my little 3 year old cousin who i...

So yes it has once again been a while since I've made time to blog. I've decided to let that be the case though as it is really an unrealistic expectation of myself to do this any more regularly unfortunately. I am amazed by people who blog every few days or every week, what great discipline...I however will lower my standards for this blog to a less frequent update. Winter has finally arrived. I was hopeful for a while there that we may just skip that bitter cold stage as we had quite a good, warm run for so long! That obviously lends itself to walks and park visits and all the wonderful 'out-doorsy' you can do with little people. I have still tried to do some of that, but havent been quite so successful in dodging inpredictable bursts of rain or remembering a towel when we go to the park, making it very short times out for myself and Abby and we usually resort to a Mc Donalds play area or the inside play park at the mall which in turn means the healthy, outdoors outin...

This Queen's birthday weekend has been lovely, I have to say. It has involved no real plans aside from the Friday night Youth Event we hosted, which has been wonderful. Not that I don't like being busy, I thrive on it really, but it is nice every now and then to throw to-do lists and schedules out the window. Mum and dad have been away with my youngest brother so it has just been a house-full of us kids. Us kids and Abigail...and granny and grandad who is really like one of the kids these days. So it has been a full house and a fun house and we still have a lovely day off tomorrow. Just for fun, here's a bit of a look into the little, even simple moments that have made the weekend memorable so far... Abby icing cupcakes and getting more icing on the plate and on herself than on the biscuits! She wasn;t bothered though, kept her busy for ages! Watching Abby jump in puddles down at Long Bay beach, such a serene setting - and this is supposed to be Winter! Love it!